In the Lookup Variable dialog, select the variable to add your Load Plan.

14-18 Oracle Fusion Middleware Developers Guide for Oracle Data Integrator ■ Select the Context into which the Load Plan will be executed. ■ Select the Logical Agent that will run the Load Plan. ■ In the Variables table, enter the Startup values for the variables used in this Load Plan.

4. Click OK.

5. The Load Plan Started dialog is displayed.

6. Click OK.

The Load Plan execution starts: a Load Plan instance is created along with the first Load Plan run. You can review the Load Plan execution in the Operator Navigator. See Chapter 21, Monitoring Integration Processes for more information. See also Chapter 20, Running Integration Processes for more information on the other run-time operations on Load Plans.

14.4 Using Load Plans in Production

Using Load Plans in production involves the following tasks: ■ Starting, monitoring, stopping and restarting Load Plans. See Section 14.4.1, Running Load Plans in Production for information. ■ Scheduling Load Plans. See Section 14.4.2, Scheduling Load Plans for more information. ■ Moving Load Plans across environments. See Section 14.4.3, Exporting, Importing and Versioning Load Plans

14.4.1 Running Load Plans in Production

In Production, the following tasks can be performed to execute Load Plans interactively: ■ Executing a Load Plan ■ Restarting a Load Plan Run ■ Stopping a Load Plan Run

14.4.2 Scheduling Load Plans

You can schedule the executions of your scenarios and Load Plans using the Oracle Data Integrator built-in scheduler or an external scheduler. See Section 20.9, Scheduling Scenarios and Load Plans for more information.

14.4.3 Exporting, Importing and Versioning Load Plans

A Load Plan can be exported and then imported into a development or execution repository. This operation is used to deploy Load Plans in a different repository, possibly in a different environment or site. The export and import procedure allows you to transfer Oracle Data Integrator objects from one repository to another.

14.4.3.1 Exporting Load Plans

It is possible to export a single Load Plan or several Load Plans at once.